DMACC basketball teams win

Wednesday

Jan 10, 2018 at 12:01 AM

The Des Moines Area Community College men’s basketball team ran its record to 12-3 for the season with a 111-55 win over Hibbing Community College on Saturday at Boone.

Lee Higgins of Chicago, Ill., led five players in double figures with 23 points as the Bears, ranked 17th in the most recent NJCAA Division II poll opened up a 54-32 lead at halftime and coasted to their second consecutive victory.

DMACC shot an impressive 67 percent for the game, making 46 of 69 shots. The Bears were 9-of-20 from 3-point range and 12-of-15 from the free throw line.

Marshburn collected seven rebounds and Andrew Madison of Grand Rapids, Mich., added five boards as DMACC came away with a 39-26 advantage on the glass. Davidson, Antowine Locke of Bolingbrook, Ill., and Devonte Prince of Brooklyn Center, Minn., and Eli Ward of Joliet, Ill., had four rebounds each.

Marshburn, Parks and Locke led the Bears in assists with five each and Prince topped DMACC in steals with three.

The DMACC men was scheduled to play the Mount Mercy University junior varsity on Tuesday, in Boone.

DMACC WOMEN THUMP MOUNT MERCY

Five players scored in double figures as the DMACC women’s basketball team handed the Mount Mercy University junior varsity a 72-49 loss Sunday at Cedar Rapids.

Joniqua Clark of Cedar Rapids and Regan Shockley of Hartley led the Bears with 14 points each. Molly Mitchell of Okoboji had 11 points and Aliyah Robinson of Waterloo finished with 10 points as the Bears improved to 12-3 for the season.

DMACC, ranked 17th in the NJCAA Division II poll, led throughout the game. The Bears had a 23-11 advantage at the end of the first quarter and led 38-25 at halftime.

They were up 56-35 at the end of the third quarter.

DMACC shot 37 percent in getting the win, hitting 28 of 75 field goal attempts, including 9-of-27 from 3-point range. The Bears were 7-of-9 from the free throw line.

Mitchell finished with a double-double as she grabbed 10 rebounds to lead DMACC to a 53-37 advantage on the boards. Robinson and Beth Atwood of Packwood had nine rebounds apiece and Grace Stalzer of Zearing finished with seven. Clark led DMACC in assists and steals with four and three, respectively.

The DMACC women were set to play the Grand View University junior varsity Tuesday at Des Moines.